Considering half think KOs are garbage and half think the GYs are garbage, I think Ford made a wise move going with the cheaper/lighter of the two crappy tires.
If you weren't aware, the non-sas Badlands has .6" of lift and Sas is only 1.1". People are having no issues running Sas take-offs on non-sas Badlands. Since half of ordered Bronco's don't even have crash-bars, I won't concern myself with that.
If you want to go with 33's" $800 for a rear locker and better gearing seems very cheap. I can't believe 3.73 gears would be even offered on any Bronco outside the Base that came with 30" tires.
Also worth noting is different rims or spacers are needed to jump to 35's, which is pretty common. I wasn't a fan of any of the OEM rims until the Everglades were released, to me they look better than 98% of after-market rims people "upgraded" to.
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Not when it comes to the Bronco, some guys are literally giving away their alloy wheels because that can't get $100 for a set, with take-off wheel/tires from the BB and OBX some are having a tough time dumping them for $400, the only thing going for less money is the Base 16" steelies with...
x2. For me a rear locker was a must and in my configuration the Base with the Sas package was less that getting only a rear locker in any other trim. I could add the ford full skid package and sliders for the cost of a non-sas BD. At that time Sas take-offs were going for $1800-2000 and I...